I’m A Celebrity favourite Tom Read Wilson has always captured viewers with his velvet voice, aristocratic charm and encyclopaedic vocabulary. But behind the polished persona lies a family backstory even his co-stars struggled to believe — a revelation involving his father, his mother… and a school classroom.
Tom has often credited his father — a respected English teacher — for nurturing his love of literature. But during a cheeky appearance on 8 Out Of 10 Cats last year, the charming star dropped a bombshell:
his parents first crossed paths at Bradfield College, Berks, when his father was teaching there… and his mother was one of the students on campus.
Tom described the unusual dynamic with theatrical calm, explaining:
“My maternal grandfather taught at the same school and sometimes the eldest girls of the faculty would date the youngest teachers.”
Comedian Rob Beckett immediately recoiled, asking:
“So your dad was a teacher there — and your mum was a child there?”
Tom clarified the age gap without flinching:
“She was 18 — coming of age. He was 16 years her senior.”
Host Jimmy Carr didn’t sugarcoat it either:
“He was 34 and she was 18.”
But Tom insisted none of it ever felt strange.
“I never really thought about it,” he said, shrugging off the raised eyebrows.
Despite their later separation, Tom’s mother Juliette remains fiercely loyal — and has even flown to Australia to support him in the jungle. Warm, witty, and deeply proud, she gushes over her son’s extraordinary mind:
“He was born with a dictionary in his mouth. Sometimes I don’t understand what he says — but it’s good. That’s his father in him.”
Juliette has been especially moved watching her son navigate the brutal trials, including a hair-raising snake challenge she admits left her shaken:
“That thing with the snakes… that was very brave. I deep down knew he was courageous.”
While Tom rose to fame as the elegant receptionist on Celebs Go Dating, he’s also a successful author of three language-loving books — Every Word Tells A Story, On The Tip of My Tongue, and Wonderful Words That Tell A Tale.
And now, as his unconventional family history re-emerges, viewers say they love him even more.
Because in a series full of chaos, cockroaches, bruised egos and broken stars — Tom Read Wilson’s biggest plot twist isn’t in the jungle.
It’s the remarkable, complicated love story that created him.
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